ARKANSAS, USA — Josh Duggar will be able to present an appeal in front of a panel of judges after he was convicted of child porn possession.
On Feb. 16, Duggar's lawyers will appeal his guilty verdict for receiving and having child sex abuse abusive material in his possession in front of the panel of federal judges in Kansas City, Missouri.
Duggar was found guilty in Dec. 2021 by a federal jury and sentenced to 12 and a half years in prison in May 2022.
In May 2021, a federal Homeland Security agent testified that the pornographic images depicting the sexual abuse of children, including toddlers, had been downloaded the previous year on a computer at a car dealership that Duggar owned.
The Duggar family was the focus of TLC's "19 Kids and Counting" reality show for many years. The show was canceled in 2015 following allegations that Josh Duggar had molested five girls years earlier, including four of his sisters, the Associated Press reported.
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